8:1 論到祭偶像之物,我們曉得我們都有知識。但知識是叫人自高自大,惟有愛心能造就人。
8:2 若有人以為自己知道甚麼,按他所當知道的,他仍是不知道。
8:3 若有人愛上帝,這人乃是上帝所知道的。
8:4 論到吃祭偶像之物,我們知道偶像在世上算不得甚麼,也知道上帝只有一位,再沒有別的上帝。
8:5 雖有稱為上帝的,或在天,或在地,就如那許多的上帝,許多的主;
8:6 然而我們只有一位上帝,就是父─萬物都本於他;我們也歸於他─並有一位主,就是耶穌基督─萬物都是藉著他有的;我們也是藉著他有的。
Now about food
sacrificed to idols: We know that “We all possess knowledge.” But knowledge
puffs up while love builds up. 2 Those who think they know something do not yet
know as they ought to know. 3 But whoever loves God is known by God.[a]
4 So then, about eating food
sacrificed to idols: We know that “An idol is nothing at all in the world” and
that “There is no God but one.” 5 For even if there are
so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods”
and many “lords”), 6 yet
for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom
we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came
and through whom we live.
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諾斯底主義的影子在哥林多教會也隱約出現,所以保羅會發出警語:「論到祭偶像之物,我們曉得我們都有知識。但知識是叫人自高自大,惟有愛心能造就人。若有人以為自己知道甚麼,按他所當知道的,他仍是不知道。」
保羅更用上帝論來分別用「知識」得救的想法,「雖有稱為上帝的,或在天,或在地,就如那許多的上帝,許多的主;然而我們只有一位上帝,就是父─萬物都本於他;我們也歸於他─並有一位主,就是耶穌基督─萬物都是藉著他有的;我們也是藉著他有的。」
保羅用唯一神論來否定偶像,更否定靠「知識」得救,我們不能因為有「知識」就是基督徒,我們是要以愛上帝為基礎,真正願意將自己獻給上帝而活的人,才算是得救人。
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